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Northwestern University is home to many Native American students, professors, academics, and researchers. In keeping with the themes of Louise...
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Free and open to all Mar 20–Jul 19, 2025 At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries How Indigenous people have shaped popular culture.
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
This body of work delves further into my exploration of adornment in relation to the body and Native American powwow...
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
6th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Artist/Native: MADALENE BIG BEAR, Pokagon Band Potawatomi Nation Location: CNAIR House (Outdoor space) and Kaplan Art Studio, KRESGE 2-315 GREEN HIGHLIGHTS: OPEN...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program Presents in Co-Sponsorship With Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) A...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
A weekly community Ojibwe language circle that began in May 2023 and met weekly in-person to share a meal and...
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Immigration and Indigeneity Workshop, Nov 10-11 @ Guild Hall and Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Dear NU Campus...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Our conference theme this year is Making Way for the Next Seven Generations. The seven generations is a concept and...
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program Presents in Co-Sponsorship With Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Association...
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sixth Annual Urban Native Education Conference: Water Ways of Life: Teachings, Practices, and Knowledge in Action April 21-23, 2022 Hybrid Event Hosted by the...
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer, a two-channel video installation by the artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga, born 1984, Ferndale, WA), offers...
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer, a two-channel video installation by the artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga, born 1984, Ferndale, WA), offers...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Indigenous Reading Series is a new MSA program that centers Indigenous thinking and perspectives through reading and discussion. Each...
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
This workshop, entitled Battlefield Cinema, brings together filmmakers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples whose goal is to explore how community-engaged and...
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
The Thinking Andean Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary event that showcases the increasing number of scholars conducting research in and...
12:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Thinking Andean Studies Conference is an interdisciplinary event that showcases the increasing number of scholars conducting research in and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The European technology of alphabetic writing was introduced in Spanish America as part of the process of Catholic evangelization and...
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Skin(s) shares the beauty and diversity of how Native people identify and examine the contradictions, pride, joy, pain, and sorrow...
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Patrick Rochford Students will build upon the knowledge they have already gained in previous courses. Topics will include but are not...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
If You Remember, I’ll Remember is an invitation to reflect on the past while contemplating the present through works of...
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The Story of Pa I Sha WHEN: May 15, 7:30 p.m. Description: The Bach & Beethoven Experience presents the musical narrative, The...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Northwestern's Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance is hosting its 4th annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow at the Welsh-Ryan Arena. A...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In preparation for NAISA's 4th Annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow, Native American & Indigenous Affairs is hosting a virtual session...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
NAIS minor, NAIS Cluster students, and CNAIR Fellows are encouraged to come together this for a quarterly book club with...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join Dean Bryan Brayboy and Professor Megan Bang for a critical discussion on the Indian Boarding School Initiative's troubled legacy...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Northwestern University is home to many Native American students, professors, academics, and researchers. In keeping with the themes of Louise...
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
7th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium.
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
7th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Spring Symposium https://cnair.northwestern.edu/research-and-scholarship/research-symposium/seventh-annual-research-symposium/
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
We are very excited to remind you of our Winter Quarter invited guest speaker, xwélmexw professor DYLAN ROBINSON, coming to...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
NAIS minor, NAIS Cluster students, and CNAIR Fellows are encouraged to come together this for a quarterly book club with...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Come join us in learning how to make mini jingle cones with artist Chelsea Bighorn. In this workshop we will...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Special Guest Scholar and Alumni presentation by composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate Presentation at 555 Clark B01 (Basement) from 3 PM -...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for the opening reception of Chelsea Bighorn's "Regal Adornment" exhibition. Refreshments and light snacks provided. This body of work...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Native American & Indigenous Affairs will be holding monthly drop-in sessions as an opportunity for any Northwestern members to ask...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Indigenous horror is a genre of storytelling that seeks to address the effects of settler-colonialism and racial capital on Indigenous...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
We will walk about 0.7 miles and end at the CNAIR house at 515 Clark Street for a fire, reflection,...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
NAIS minor, NAIS Cluster students, and CNAIR Fellows are encouraged to come together this for a quarterly book club with...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Join us for a panel this fall to learn about the work these panelists have been doing to support the...
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA), Multicultural Students Affairs (MSA), and Office of...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Native American & Indigenous Affairs will be holding monthly drop-in sessions as an opportunity for any Northwestern members to ask...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA), Multicultural Students Affairs (MSA), Office of Institutional...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Please join MENA for a conversation among leading scholars of violence, racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and militarism in Palestine, Turtle...
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Native American & Indigenous Affairs will be holding monthly drop-in sessions as an opportunity for any Northwestern members to ask...
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Join us to welcome Fern Renville and Roger Fernandes as our AY25 Artist/Elders in Residence! “Storytelling and Traditional Indigenous Artmaking” FERN RENVILLE...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
This event is a festive opportunity to learn more about the Native American and Indigenous Strategic Plan and how individuals...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
PLEASE SEE NEW TIME!!!! The Native American and Indigenous Welcome Reception, Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Native American & Indigenous Affairs will be holding monthly drop-in sessions as an opportunity for any Northwestern members to ask...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Indigenous Graduate Student Collective is hosting an end of the year cook out.
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
BOUND: Screening and Q&A with Co-Director Reneltta Arluk Thursday, May 23rd, 2024 6:00 PM-8:30 PM Lutkin Hall, 700 University Pl, Evanston Alienation, deportation,...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
School of Education and Social Policy Learning Sciences Brown Bag Speaker Series: Indigenous Lead AI Technologies for Language Revitalization Keoni Mahelona, Chief...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Keoni Mahelona is the visiting guest speaker for the Learning Sciences Brown Bag on Thursday, May 23. He is the...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us on May 9, 2024, as we welcome Sarah Deer from the University of Kansas. As our keynote speaker for...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for a film screening of Dr. Reynaldo Antonio Morales’ latest documentary film, The Fly Back: Restoring Territorial Rights...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Northwestern University Third Annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow - Hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance ALL ARE WELCOME!!!
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In preparation for NAISA's 3rd Annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion is hosting a...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Spring Qtr Book Club Book: Cooling the Tropics, Hi'ilei Julia Hobart WHEN: Thursday, April 18, 530-7pm WHERE: Kaplan Conference Room [KRESGE 2-351]
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Join Northwestern University, The University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a special event with Chief...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch will be served at this event, which is co-sponsored by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)...
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday April 6th | 10am - 1pm Bodwewadmik, who live and work to strengthen the Nation in treaty removed homeland territory,...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Learn about the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna community in Hondouras and play Garifuna rhythms in this fun, bilingual, and hands-on activity with...
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Come join us to learn about traditional Potawatomi quill work, including how to harvest a porcupine hide! We are so...
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Come join us to learn about traditional Potawatomi quill work, including how to harvest a porcupine hide! We are so...
All day
Come join us to learn about traditional Potawatomi quill work, including how to harvest a porcupine hide! We are so...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
From Extraction to Restoration: Heart-centered Archaeology for Reclamation and Restorative Justice Archaeology in North America has long been associated with colonial,...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Winter Qtr Book Club Book: Hungry Listening, Dylan Robinson WHEN: Thursday, February 15, 530-7pm WHERE: Kaplan Conference Room [KRESGE 2-351]
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) in partnership with the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University is...
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) in partnership with the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University is...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Fall Qtr Book Club Book: Seeing Red, Michael Witgen WHEN: Tuesday, Nov 14, 530-7pm WHERE: Kaplan Conference Room [KRESGE 2-351]
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for the (Native American and Indigenous Studies) NAIS Book Club (Fall AY23) and receive your FREE COPY of...
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Indigenous Graduate Student Collective invites you to a workshop that recognizes the changing practical and policy landscapes (and their...
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Indigenous Graduate Student Collective invites you to a workshop that recognizes the changing practical and policy landscapes (and their...
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Imagining the Indian is a comprehensive examination of the movement to eradicate the words, images, and gestures that many Native...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Join The Graduate School Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) and The Indigenous Graduate Student Collective (IGSC) for Friends, Food,...
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Quarterly CNAIR Affiliates Meeting Please note that this is a closed meeting, only for current CNAIR affiliates Contact Michaela.Marchi@northwestern.edu
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Andrew Curley, Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Development &...
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Please join us for our Fall Quarter Brown Bag with Dr. Bryan Brayboy (SESP Dean), CNAIR Faculty Dr. Doug Kiel...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
You are invited to the 2023 Native American and Indigenous Welcome Reception on Friday, September 22, 2023 from 12:00pm –...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SAVE THE DATE and join us for the last Brown Bag in our series under the theme of "Indigenous Methodologies"! Brown...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind - Kim Tallbear Co-presentend by the Science in Human Culture Program's Klopsteg Lecture Series and...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Speaker Kim TallBear, University of Alberta, Canada Title "Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind" Abstract Much of this talk is spoken in the voice of...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Hosted by Multicultural Student Affairs and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, the Native American and Indigenous Community Celebration...
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The 5th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Research Symposium will highlight 2022-2023 CNAIR faculty and graduate...
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The 5th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Research Symposium will highlight 2022-2023 CNAIR faculty and graduate...
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Join us on the morning of May 5 as we launch the wiigwaasi-jiimaan (birch bark canoe) Northwestern built under the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Save The Date and Join us for the next Brown Bag in our series under the theme of "Indigenous Methodologies"! Brown...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Through a partnership between the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research and the Center for Native Futures, local Indigenous...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Northwestern University Second Annual Traditional Spring Pow Wow - Hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
*4/10/23: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this 4/11 Dialogue with Nick Estes and Dallas Goldtooth is postponed. We do hope to...
5:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Join the Latina and Latino Studies Program for a special advanced screening of the critically acclaimed film and a discussion...
3:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Please join us for a discussion led by special guest scholar Dr. Stephanie A. Fryberg, a member of the Tulalip...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next Brown Bag in our series under the theme of "Indigenous Methodologies"! Brown Bags are open to...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
"Shamanic Cinema: Trance as Resistance" brings together six short films by the Mexican independent artist group Colectivo Los Ingrávidos which...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next Brown Bag in our series under the theme of "Indigenous Methodologies"! Brown Bags are open to...
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Please join us for a presentation with guest speaker, Dr Brian Burkhart, Professor of Philosophy from University of Oklahoma. If you...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CNAIR Brown Bag with Professor Reynaldo Cardenas (Medill) Title: Indigenous Research Methodologies and Global Indigeneity: Contributions of Indigenous Peoples to the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in building our relationships...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for a craft circle. A member of the Northwestern community will lead us in an art-making activity. Feel...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA), Multicultural Students Affairs (MSA), Office of Institutional...
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
NAGPRA & Archaeology: A Discussion of Native American Cultural Heritage Protection and Repatriation with David Barland-Lilies After the talk, please join...
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
The Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative is coordinating a trip to Springfield, IL to meet with Illinois legislators on topics...
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Students, Staff, and Faculty are welcome to join us for a visit to The Block Museum to view the Looking...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next Brown Bag in our series under the theme of "Indigenous Methodologies"! Brown Bags are open to...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This event is the second in a 3-part series commemorating the anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre. In the spirit...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for a craft circle. A member of the Northwestern community will lead us in an art-making activity. Feel...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This will be a space to share a meal, be in community, and reflect on the month. Bring your craft...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA), Multicultural Students Affairs (MSA), Office of Institutional...
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us for a...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for the next Brown Bag event in our series exploring the theme Indigenous Methodologies! Each Brown Bag will feature...
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
You’re warmly invited to an October 14 symposium on Indigenous Poetry and Periodicals, featuring scholars in Native American and Indigenous...
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop for Graduate Students
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Youth Workshop with Dr. Amanda Tachine: Being an Indigenous Writer | Wednesday, Oct 12th, 5 pm - 7:30 pm We are...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CNAIR Brown Bag Series: Indigenous Methodologies Story Rug: Weaving Stories into Research with Dr. Amanda Tachine Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership &...
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
This is a workshop for staff and faculty on serving Native students in higher education. For staff and faculty only.
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
CNAIR IS SHARING THIS EXTERNAL EVENT THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO OUR COMMUNITY Navajo Justice & Peacemaking | RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/NavajoJusticePeace Please...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
You are invited to the 2022 Native American and Indigenous Welcome Reception on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 12:00pm –...
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Multicultural Student Affairs invites Native American and Indigenous students and their families to meet and get to know current Native...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Author Discussion and Q&A with Journalist and Founder of Native News Online Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) Join us on...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
In a 2018 article in Nature Climate Change, Ashlee Consulo and Neville Ellis used the term “ecological grief” to describe...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us on Tuesday, May 24th to paint canvas tote bags and reflect on the quarter over a meal. This...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Native American and Indigenous Community Celebration is an annual event co-hosted by Multicultural Student Affairs and the Office of...
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Please join the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA) on Saturday, May 7th, 2022 at the First Annual Traditional...
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The 4th Annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Research Symposium will highlight 2021-2022 CNAIR faculty and graduate...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us during the lunch hour for a virtual session to gear up for NAISA's Spring Pow Wow on Saturday,...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Register to receive the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/displacement-indigeneity Please join us for this talk by Melanie J. Newton, Associate Professor in the Department...
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Join CNAIR for our anniual research symposium, featuring graduate and faculty fellows who will share their work from the past...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA), Multicultural Students Affairs (MSA), and Office of...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Jolie Varela is a member of the Tule River Yokut and Paiute Nations. She is an activist for Indigenous representation...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
David CHANG (University of Minnesota), author of The World and All the Things upon It: Native Hawaiian Geographies of Exploration...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The multidimensional work of artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) employs video, photography, music, and poetry as...
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for a lively discussion about the state of Native America with the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) and...
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Please join the Department of Political Science and the Center for Native American and Indigenous research at Northwestern University, as...
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Please join us at a sunrise ceremony to launch the canoe that was constructed during CNAIR's 2021 Indigenous Artist in...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Christine McRae Luckasavitch is an Omàmìwininì Madaoueskarini Anishinaabekwe (a woman of the Madawaska River Algonquin people) and belongs to the...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Talk by Vicente M. Diaz Director, The Native Canoe Program University of Minnesota- Twin Cities Elegant and beautiful in design as they are...
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us at a welcome reception for CNAIR's 2021 Indigenous Artist in Residence: Wayne Valliere. Wayne Valliere /Mino-giizhig (Lac du...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
You are invited to the 2021 Native American and Indigenous Welcome Reception on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 from 3:30pm –...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Mura indigenous people from Brazil swore to drop the last drop of their blood to protect the Amazon rainforest...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Two ways to join the online celebration! Zoom from Anywhere This keynote conversation will take place via Zoom webinar format. Join us...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
EDGS Graduate Lecture Series on Political Ecology Prof. Paul Robbins, Dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
HPA and MSA are thrilled to invite you to a conversation with Adrienne Schuler, an aspiring physician, and Coty Brayboy,...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee), who studies the impact of the school-to-prison pipeline on Indigenous youth, will deliver a distinguished...
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
We’ll gather to hear from our 2020-21 undergraduate, graduate, and faculty fellows and to celebrate the research they completed this...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12-1 PM | CST with Marlene Brito-Millan: Coral Reef Societies, Campesino Milpa and Complexity: Interweaving Ecology and Indigenous Lifeways towards...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for a CNAIR Virtual Brownbag on May 7, 12-1 PM with Rose Miron and Blaire Topash-Caldwell, Newberry Library...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Primarily focused on economic inequality, United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #10, “Reduced Inequalities,” also aims to “empower and promote the...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
According to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, climate change has disproportionately exacerbated many challenges global Indigenous communities...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for an informal, Zoom workshop of Enzo Vasquez Toral’s syllabus in progress for a spring 2021 course. We’ll discuss...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tommy Orange is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel There There, a multi-generational, relentlessly paced story about...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Lecture by Joseph M. Pierce, Associate Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. Photography has...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Lecture by Arturo Arias (UC Merced). The event is co-sponsored by The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities For more info please...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Center for Native American Research (CNAIR) and Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) invite you to join us in reading "There,...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Center for Native American Research (CNAIR) and Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) invite you to join us in reading "There,...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) as we welcome Perry Ground, an Onondaga storyteller, for an evening of fun-filled stories. Perry...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Conversation with Jana Schmieding Lakota Sioux writer, performer, activist and former educator Jana Schmieding discusses her work as an Indigenous...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is delighted to present the 2020 Brown Bag Series. These talks...
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November 13, Indigenous Interventions: Reshaping Archives and Museums: all day symposium hosted by CNAIR, the Field Museum, and the Newberry,...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PBC is pleased to welcome Dr. Cristina Eisenberg to present their research to the community. https://www.cristinaeisenberg.com/ Seeds of Success: Fort Belknap Indian...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This program of short films by the California-based artist Fox Maxy (Ipai Kumeyaay and Payómkawichum) offers a prismatic and timely...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is delighted to present the 2020 Brown Bag Series. These talks...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The CoVid-19: Critical/Creative Studies in Music, Image, and Text virtual seminar series continues with a performance featuring the indigenous cyberfeminst,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) is delighted to present the 2020 Brown Bag Series. These talks...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Between 1999 and 2015, while crime rates generally declined, racial disparity in arrests increased substantially. Sociology Professor Beth Redbird and...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Meet new faculty, staff, and students and hear about upcoming initiatives. Drop in at any time between 12-1:30pm via Zoom!...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hosted by Multicultural Student Affairs, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, and the Center for Native American and Indigenous...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CNAIR 2019-2020 Fellows Virtual Research Talks Friday, May 29, 12-1:30 PM Please join CNAIR for virtual research talks by our faculty, graduate,...
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
EVENT POSTPONED details to follow soon April 23, 2020 Doors Open 5:30 pm Event Start 6:30 pm Book Signing 7:30 pm RSVP and ticketing: https://tinyurl.com/vyna3fb SIgn-up for...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Decolonizing Healthcare: An Indigenous perspective on affirming healthcare for Two Spirit and Transgender communities Description: Culturally informed and affirming healthcare is...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Ceremony plays a vital role in Native communities. Yet, barriers regarding gender or sexuality exclude community members from being able...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Joint CCHS/University Libraries annual Lecture on the History of the Book—with the collaboration of CNAIR (Center for Native American and...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Open The Door: Memory, Mourning and The Ancestor As Foundation Click here for EventBrite link. Click here for Facebook event. February 18, 2020...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
CNAIR Winter Keynote Food Sovereignty and the Oneida White Corn Project with Becky M. Webster and Laura Manthe from the Oneida...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A reading and talk abou the ties between land ownership or loss and the violence against Indegenous people, both past...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Lecture given by Mark Trahant, Editor of Indian Country Today and NAJA/Medill Milestone Achievement Award receipient. Trahant, a member of the...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
PROVINCIALIZING ROMANTICISM: A Yearlong Series at Northwestern "Reanimation, Metamorphosis, Kinship: New Archives of Romanticism" A roundtable on Black and Indigenous literatures of...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
"What Drives Native American Poverty?" by Beth Redbird, Assistant Professor of Sociology; IPR Fellow; and CNAIR Fellow (2019-20) Reception following. IPR and Center...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Professor Carolyn Liebler presents: Counting America's First Peoples
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join MSA for our monthly dinner and discussion series on topics important to Indian Country and the Northwestern Native and...
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Join us once a week for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in...
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bring your lunch and creative energy and join us for weekly craft circles. Each week, a member of the Northwestern...
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...
9:00 AM - 9:45 PM
Join us once a week for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in...
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Fall keynote of the Kaplan Humanities Institute's Memorializing Dialogue: Monuments of Omission: Erasure in the Memory Work of Indigenous Cultures and Contemporary...
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
In the spirit of healing, the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance (NAISA) has invited representative descendants of the Northern...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bring your lunch and creative energy and join us for weekly craft circles. Each week, a member of the Northwestern...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join MSA for our monthly dinner and discussion series on topics important to Indian Country and the Northwestern Native and...
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Join us once a week for a campus walk led by a Northwestern community member. These walks will aid in...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bring your lunch and creative energy and join us for weekly craft circles. Each week, a member of the Northwestern...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join us for a discussion about the Adversity and Resiliency for Chicago’s First: The State of Racial Justice for American...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
What are you doing to prepare the world for future generations? It is common among some Native Americans to consider...
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Smudging is the practice of burning sage and/or other medicines for cleansing, purifying and healing purposes. Join us once a...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Thursday, October 31, 2019 1:00 - 2:30 PM Northwestern University Rebecca Crown Center- Hardin Hall 633 Clark St- West Tower, Evanston Please join us for...
9:00 AM - 4:15 PM
What meanings has archaeology assumed in cultural and critical theory? What has been its role as a metaphor and also...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
What meanings has archaeology assumed in cultural and critical theory? What has been its role as a metaphor and also...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
This Land is Always Co-presented with Art History, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, Northwestern University Native American and...
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day (October 14, 2019) by learning about Native people, places, and initiatives that connect to Northwestern University:...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Come meet new students, faculty, and staff and hear about upcoming initiatives for the year. Lunch and giveaways.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A welcome reception for Native & Indigenous Families.
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research is proud to announce it’s first annual research symposium. The symposium will...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Layli Long Soldier earned a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA with honors from Bard...
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Each year thousands of migratory birds travel to & through Chicago along the coast of Lake Michigan. During Spring migration,...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Re/mapping Indigenous and Afro-descendent Geographies in the Americas: A Conversation about Collaborative Cartography Panel discussion with: Andrew Britt, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Click here for Facebook event. This talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research as part of...
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Stephen KANTROWITZ (University of Wisconsin), author of More than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic (2013) on...
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Northwestern University community is invited to an open forum panel discussion that will prepare journalists for working in Indigenous...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
A conversation facilitated by Daviree Velazquez Phillip and Aaron Golding to celebrate Rep. Deb Haaland, Rep. Sharice Davids, Gertrude Bonnin,...
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
JeeYeun Lee uses performance, research, and socially engaged art to bring our attention to the ways that histories of place...
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Panel on Native Activism and Art in Chicago Native Chicago Art & Activism from Carlos Montezuma to Susan PowerA Discussion with...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This showcase and reception will highlight librarians’ research efforts that have recently explored topics in indigenous studies. It will also...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Béture Collective: Kayapó Filmmaking in the AmazonWith Simone Giovine and Bepkadjoiti Kayapó Simone Giovine (Filmmaker and co-founder of the Kayapó...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for the Native Literature and Arts Holiday Celebration, which will take place on Friday, December 7, 2018, from...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Hosted by the Evanston Library Saturday, December 1st @ 3 pm Falcon Room, Evanston Public Library Standing Rock: Photographs of an Indigenous...
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Sovereignty SymposiumCo-hosted with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities’ Dialogues on Security...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Christine DeLucia is an assistant professor of History at Williams College and the author of, Memory Lands: King Philip’s War...
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research will be hosting the screening of the film The Eagle and The...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Come meet new faculty, staff and students and hear about upcoming initiatives for the new academic year! Lunch Giveaways
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
J P Leary is an associate professor of humanities, First Nations studies, and history at the University of Wisconsin– Green...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Mary Kathryn Nagle is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us for our annual event celebrating the accomplishments of Northwestern students, faculty, and staff around Native American and Indigenous...
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
THEME: Identity, Kinship, and Belonging This conference will facilitate the exchange of strategies, tools an research among Native American education in...
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Featuring: Vicente Diaz (Univ of Minnesota), Christina DeLisle (Univ. of Minnesota), and Hokulani Aikau (Univ. of Utah). Northwestern scholars include:...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Frederick E. Hoxie is Swanlund Professor Emeritus of History, Law, and American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign....
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Film screening with Q & A with film makers Pat-i Kayapó is a filmmaker from the Kayapó village of A’ukre. He...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Environmental Policy and Culture Program along with Alice Kaplan Institute's Environmental Humanities Workshop hosts Thomas Andrews, author of the...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Colloquium of Indigeneity and Native American Studies (CINAS) is proud to announce: This Land is Your Land? Indigenous Autonomy and...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Featuring: Vernadette Gonzalez, Honors Program Director, Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Hawai'i, Manoa; Associate Editor of American Quarterly.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Presented by Vernadette Gonzalez, Honors Program Director, Assoc. Professor of American Studies, University of Hawai'i, Manoa. Associate Editor of American...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Talk: Chip Colwell, Senior Curator of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceFeatured Respondent: William Quackenbush, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer,...
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
Natalie Diaz was born in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Join the Block Museum for a conversation with four contemporary Native women artists exploring collaborative practices that unite artists, community...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Heid E. Erdrich is a poet, writer, and filmmaker. She is the author of five books of poetry, most recently...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley uncovers the full extent of...
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Come meet Queen YoNasDa (Black and Oglala Lakota) as she shares how her identity intersects with her involvement in activism...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) are proud to...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Chad Allen from the University of Washington, will present “Returning the Gift, Singing the Trans-Indigenous, and the Making of Global...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Chad Allen from the University of Washington, will host a workshop on Indigenous Poetry and Poetics. Please contact the Kelly...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Chad Allen from the University of Washington, will host a workshop on academic publishing. Co-presented by Center for Native American and...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Andrew Needham from New York University, will present “Power Lines: How the Navajo Nation’s Energy Built the Sunbelt.”
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Peter Buffett is an Emmy Award–winning musician, composer, philanthropist, and author. He has received critical acclaim for his Native American-inspired...
All day
Northwestern University is co-sponsoring events for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 9th, along with Evanston’s Mitchell Museum of the American Indian...
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Global Indigenous Studies Working Group is an interdisciplinary group that shares an interest in studying and engaging Indigenous peoples...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Lisa Hall from Wells College, will present "Making Relations in the House of Difference." Co-presented by Center for Native American and Indigenous...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies will host a public reception to honor Chicago-area Native Americans...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The majority of Native Americans live in urban areas and are one of the most medically underserved communities. Panelists include...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Native American Community Dinner is an end of the year gathering where we recognize the work that has been...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Artist Kristine Aono, whose work is featured in the Block Museum of Art's exhibition, If You Remember, I'll Remember, will...
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Learn about water and the role it plays in our lives. From holding cultural and spiritual importance to being the...
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Learn about water and the roles it plays in our lives. From holding cultural and spiritual importance to being the...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
This winter, community members from Northwestern, Evanston, and beyond joined together with artist Marie Watt to lend their hands to...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Please join us for a talk on "We Come to Witness: Art as Politics for Indigenous Rights in Canada" by...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
María Josefina Saldaña Portillo is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. Indian Given: Racial Geographies...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mele Murals is a documentary about the transformative power of art through the unlikely union of graffiti and ancient Hawaiian...
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Prof. Gonzalo Lamana (University of Pittsburgh) offers an alternative interpretation of how the two most important Amerindian colonial thinkers conceived...
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Urban American Indian Education: Past, Present and Future This conference will facilitate the exchange of strategies, tools and research among Native...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Toni Jensen (Metis; English/University of Arkansas), author of the short story collection From the Hilltop, published through the Native Storiers...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
RSVP Appreciated Highlighting work by scientist Tommy Rock & filmmaker Jeff Spitz. This event will take place twice: March 8 (in...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
RSVP Appreciated Highlighting work by scientist Tommy Rock & filmmaker Jeff Spitz. This event will take place twice: March 8 (in...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In this talk, Dr. Lightfoot will discuss how Indigenous peoples’ rights and Indigenous rights movements represent an important and often...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Featuring Arlinda Locklear and Heather Kendall-Miller. From the Dakota Access Pipeline to the expansion of crude oil shipping in Gray’s Harbor...
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Come and learn from Arlinda Locklear (Lumbee) and Heather Kendall-Miller (Athabascan).Their experience includes the historic Katie John litigation ensuring subsistence...
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join the Native American and Indigenous Students Alliance and Students for Justice in Palestine for a discussion with Krystal Two...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Steven Paul Judd is a Kiowa and Choctaw filmmaker, writer, and painter. He is a master at combining Native experiences...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Duane Linklater is Omaskêko Cree, from Moose Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario and is currently based in North Bay,...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Seneca artist Marie Watt, whose work is featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Block Museum, makes many of her...
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Since the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe set up camp in resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), it has been...
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Exhibition Sewing Kick-Off, 10:00am–12:00pm The exhibition If You Remember, I’ll Remember is an invitation to think about the present while reflecting...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
In Aotearoa New Zealand, urbanisation and colonisation have altered traditional access to Mātauranga Māori knowledge, which is now handed down...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
KELLY WISECUP: English, Northwestern University "Indigenizing Botany: Colonial Science and Mohegan Medicine in Eighteenth-Century North America" Description: Colony botany and colonial expansion...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Since 2012, Swinomish and Tulalip photographer Matika Wilbur has been seeking to photograph the citizens of every federally recognized tribe...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
An Indigenous Commonwealth? Rights, Courts, and the Dialogics of Settler Colonialism Dr. Johnson's work engages questions of indigenous historical agency, identity,...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Northwestern Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance curated 'Walking through Sand Creek' for the Norris Galleria on the ground...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join NAISA and the Chicago community in a reception honoring the Cheyenne and Arapaho lives lost on November 29, 1864.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
This is an event designed to precede the Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration on Nov. 19 at 12:00pm in the Guild...
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This event will feature Dr. Jessica Ryan of American Indian Health Service Chicago and is a chance to learn more...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Learn about the significance of Native American & Indigenous two-spirit identity as it relates to gender through a series of...
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The annual Native American Student Organization at UIC powwow. Free and open to everyone!
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
The D’Arcy McNickle Distinguished Lecture will honor American Indian author, environmental activist, and former U.S. vice presidential nominee, Winona LaDuke...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
View a variety of Native American and Indigenous artwork around campus compiled in one place. Refreshments will be served!
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc. is a grassroots Native American film festival whose mission is showcasing works produced...
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
This year ’s Montezuma Lecture will honor Susan Shown Harjo. Harjo is the founding president of The Morning Star Institute...
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Featuring artists Chris Pappan, Tomás Karmelo Amaya, Monica Rickert-Bolter, Santiago X, Sings in the Timber, Debra Yepa-Pappan. Sponsored by the...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
This interdisciplinary panel brings together scholars whose work raises questions of memory and memorialization in contexts of colonialism to ask...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
DIEGO SOARES DA SILVEIRA is a professor at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Federal University of Uberlândia. Between...
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Indigenous Science Days is a community program that focus on culturally based science. The activities take place at multiple places...
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
A variety of programming will occur on Indigenous Peoples' Day, inlcuding a concert by Scatter Their Own. Scatter Their Own...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
This is part of the the Indigenous Peoples' Day programming at Northwestern University. Students from the Native American and Indigenous...
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Learn about the history, cultures & political issues of Indigenous Peoples throughout North American. Featuring Scotti Clifford, musician and educator,...
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
“Indians in the Archive: Images of the Midwest” will feature speakers including Dave Beck (Montana); Rosalyn LaPier (Montana); Philip Round...
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Against the backdrop of beautiful Lake Michigan, listen to traditional Native American tales centering on water and its significance to...
12:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Join MSA in welcoming incoming Native American first year and transfer students to the Northwestern community. Refreshments & Giveaways!
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Hosted by the American Indian Center of Chicago, the Chicago Annual Powwow is a celebration of Native culture from the...
